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Yeah, I remember Kim strongly disliking Ebows which is why I mentioned it. I will however, continue to love and use mine, barefoot - toegazing? The weather's really hot here at the mo, (for Blighty anyway) so I've been footswitching barefoot. At the risk of sounding a bit kinky, I'm finding barefoot pedalling rather more intimate than the old size 9's. It occurred to me that playing with boots on is a bit like playing guitar with gloves on if, like me you regard the looper as part of your instrument. BTW Bill, I'm really digging your use of volume and slide - looking forward to your set immensely at the loopfest. > From: billwalker@baymoon.com > To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Walker brothers Elegies > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:03:06 -0700 > > Thanks Gareth, > you joke about ebow's brought to mind something about Kim that some > but not all list dwellers might know about. I remember having a > conversation with him about 6 years ago at one of Rick's Y2K events. > We were talking and he said how much he hated Ebows. He felt they were > the ambient musicians crutch and had been used to death, were a cheap > method to create drones and sustain, and enough with this shoe gazer > stuff anyway. At first i was a bit taken aback because frankly, I was > one of those guys he was talking about :-) But then I realized , hey > he's right!!! So at that event, knowing he was in the audience I > dedicated a piece to him, I think I called it the Kim Flint tribute > Ebow Solo or something, and then I'd drone for about 5 seconds and > then stopped and thank the audience. But actually I took his critique > to heart and I rarely ever use my E-bow anymore. I still dig it, but > i've found other ways to create drones that don't require it. > Thanks Kim for the influence > Bill > Get a free e-mail account with Hotmail. Sign-up now. |